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Heads come together to control rheumatic heart disease
05 May 2014Monday 5 May 2014 The Third Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Forum, to be held tonight in Melbourne during the World Congress of Cardiology... Read on

Media Alert: Forum to forge path to end rheumatic heart disease
01 May 2014Thursday, 1 May 2014 Two hundred international leading experts and advocates for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) will converge at the Third... Read on

Test reveals widespread heart disease among children
29 Apr 2014Written by Rogini Moorthi AN INVESTIGATION into the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Fiji using echocardiography – ultrasound of... Read on

Rheumatic heart disease program improving Aboriginal health
03 Apr 2014Media Release by Government of South Australia 24 March 2014 More than 150 Aboriginal South Australians are benefitting from a statewide... Read on

Interruption to supply of Bicillin LA
13 Mar 2014Pfizer advises of an interruption to the supply of Bicillin LA® benzathine benzylpenicillin 900mg /2.3mL Pre-Filled Syringe [Pfizer Product... Read on

New apps project for rheumatic heart disease
20 Feb 2014RHD Australia has embarked on a project to develop two apps for smart phones to prevent and manage acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and... Read on

Is there a medical anthropology of rheumatic heart disease? By Dr Suzanne Belton
30 Jan 2014A report presented at the RHD Australia Conference 2013: Practice and Culture by Dr Suzanne Belton of the Menzies School of Health Research... Read on

World Congress of Cardiology | 4-7 May 2014 | Melbourne
30 Jan 2014Do you have your ticket yet? Register today for the World Cardiology Congress, held in Melbourne, 4–7 May. With a specific Indigenous... Read on

Photos and presentations from RHD Australia Conference 2013
17 Dec 2013In November 2013, the RHD Australia Conference 2013: Practice and Culture was held in Darwin to bring together experienced people working... Read on

PhD Scholarship to reduce inequality in heart disease
12 Nov 201312 November 2013 Call for Expressions of Interest Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute is an independent, internationally renowned... Read on

MEDIA RELEASE: Call to arms to save children from rheumatic heart disease
07 Nov 2013Thursday 6 November 2013 A leading paediatric cardiologist has emphasised the need to prevent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Indigenous... Read on

Beating rheumatic heart disease: Experts converge in Darwin
05 Nov 2013Tuesday 5 November 2013 Experts from around the country will meet in Darwin today at the RHD Australia Conference 2013: Practice and... Read on